Core i5-8300H vs Core i7 X 980 benchmarks
In our benchmarks, the Core i5-8300H beats the Core i7 X 980 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7 X 980 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7 X 980 has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i5-8300H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8300H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7 X 980 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8300H. In terms of cache, the Core i7 X 980 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8300H
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-8300H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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